Steam-engine.



(No Model.)

c. A. BUCKEL & w. POTTS,

STEAM ENGINE.

(Application flled Feb. 16, 1900.)

Patented 06:. 30, I900.

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Patented Oct. 30, I900. C. A. RUCKEL 8:. W. POT'TS, 1R.

STEAM ENGINE. (Application flld Feb. 16, 1900. (No Model.)

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' with and embodying our invention.

Urine STATES Erica PATENT CARROLL A. RUCKEL AND WILLIAM POTTS, JR, OFWHITE HALL, ILLINOIS.

STEAM-ENGINE.

SYECIFICATION forming part of Letters BatentNo. 660.929. dated October30, 1900.

Application filed February 16, 1900. serial No. 5.475. tNo model.)

To (all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that we, CARROLL A. RUCKEL and WILLIAM POTTS,Jr.,citizens oftheUnited States, residing at White Hall, in the county of Greene andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSteam-Engines, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in steam-engines, having specialreference to an improved cylinder and oscillating piston therefor.

The main'object of ourinvention is to produce a cylinder in which islocated an oscillating piston which is operated with less motive power,less friction, and less energy, as it requires but about one-third of acircle to oscillate in, thus being much quicker in its action andrequiring less force to move the piston.

Another object of our invention is the provision of a cylinder andpiston therefor which can be attached to any ordinary bed-plate and beconnected so as to operate the enginedisk, but that in making newengines the bedplates and other parts can be made especially for ourimprovement.

Another object of our invention is the pro vision of a very simple,durable, and inexpensive cylinder and piston therefor which is veryefficient and practical.

In the drawings, Figure l" is a side elevation of an engine constructedin accordance Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional View thereof, therods and driven wheels not being shown. 3 is an interior side view ofone of the side plates. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the cylinder. Fig.5 is a side elevation of the driving wheel or disk, the crank-shaft, andthe driven wheel or disk, the course of the rod being shown in dottedlines. Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the piston, and Fig. 7 is a planview of a packing.

Referring by numerals to thedrawings, the numeral 1 designates the baseof the engine, upon which is mounted the large casting 2, provided wit-hthe offsets 3 and with the bearing or piston-casing 4, the slots orrecesses 5 being provided in the body of the casing upon either side ofthe bearing with springs 6. The packing 6 fits upon said spring in therecesses and fits snugly yet yielding against the sides of thecylindrical piston 7, further journaled on the axle or shaft 8,journaled in the openings 9 of the side plates 10 of the cylinder. Theupper casting 11 is provided with the offsets 12, which abut against theoffsets of the lower casting and are secured together by means of bolts,so as to make a steam-tight joint between the offsets and castings. Alarge arched space 13 is provided in the casting 11, which is piston.

Formed in the body of the upper casting and leading from the top thereofthrough the curved channels 21 of the lower casting are thepower-conducting channels 22, whose months are coveredalternately one ata time by means of the cut-off or valve 23, which is operated by theshaft-24, carrying the depending arm 25, .which is connected directly tothe valve, the shaft 24 being journaled in the side of the chest 26,supplied with power by the conducting-pipe 27. This valve, while itcovers one of the steam-conducting pipes, always covers the mouth of theexhaust 28, as the recess or cup 29 of the valve is always so that thesteam is forced into the steamchest, passing through theconducting-channel not covered by the valve down into the arched spaceof the cylinder, forcing the wing of the piston toward the other side ofthe space, where the power passes through the other steam-conductingchannel in the recess of the valve and out of the exhaust. We employ theoil-drain 29 to drain theoil from the cylinder.

Upon the outside and journaled upon the end of the main shaft is thedriving-whee130, which has connected therewith the pistonconnecting rod31, connected to the driven ICO wheel 32 near the center thcrcol, thiswheel being mounted ttpon the shaft 35, journaled in the bearings 34 andcarrying upon the other end the fly-wheel In Fig. 5 we have shown thecourse of the piston-connecting rod in dotted lines, and as the rods endconnected to the driving-wheel is nearer the periphery of the wheel andits other end is located near the center of the driven wheel theoscillating tnovement of the piston causes the rod to be pushed forwardand pulled back, so that the driven wheel is revolved. t

Secured to near one corner of one of the side plates by means of ahearing or pin 36 is the bell-crank lever 37, having its lower endconnected to the inner side of the drivingwhecl 30 and havingitsupperend connected to the rod or artn 258, connected to the short armEEl, having connected thereto the horizontal arm or rod 40, connected tothe depending arm 40 of the shaft 24 to operate the valve 23. Drains 41are employed to drain the space 13.

From this descript ion, taken in connection with the drawings, the opeation of our improved cylinder and piston is readily understood and itsnumerous advantages fully appreciated; but the operation, brieflystated, is as follows: The steam, compressed air, liquefied air, orother motive power enters the chest, and as the piston is oscillated bythe ,action of the power upon the wing carried thereby the valve isoperated, so as to cover the opposite steamcontlacting channel from thedirection in which the piston is desired to move, and thus acontiuttousreciprocating movement is given the piston, and by reason ofthe connections of the [)ISlOll-l'Gd to the driving and the drivenwheels the driven wheel is revolved.

Thus it will be seen that we provide a very simple, durable, and cheapcylinder and piston which is operated with but little friction, withless energy, and less waste of power saved by leverage, and it requiresbut a small amount of power to push the wing the short distance that isnecessary for it to move to revolve the driven wheel, thus producing avery useful and practical invention.

We claim- 1. In combination with an engine, of a cylinder consistiugofan upper and alowercasting, side plates secured to said castings, anoscillating cylindrical piston journaled in the lower casting, a wing orblade carried by said piston movable in a space of the upper casting,packing carried by the three free edges of the wing, spring-act ttatedpackings mounted in the lower casting so as to contact the piston, andmeans for regulating the flow of motive power to the cylinder andcausing it to be directed so as to oscillate the piston.-

2. A cylinder and piston of an engine consisting of a lowercastingmounted upon a base and provided with a piston hearing or casing,an upper casting secured to the lower casting and provided with anarched space, side plates secured to said castings, an oscillatingcylindrical piston mounted in said ltearit'tg or casing, a wing or bladecarried by said piston attd adapted to move within the arched space,packing carried by the three free edges of the wing, spring-actuatedpackings mounted in the lower casting so as to contact the piston, andmeans for regulating the flow oi motive power to the castings andcausing it to be directed so as to oscillate the piston.

In an engine, the combination of a chest, a cylinderconsisting of anupper and a lower casting communicating with the chest, side platesconnected to the castings, means for controlling the communicationbetween the chest. and cylinder, an oscillating cylindrical pistonlocated in the lower casting, a blade or wing carried by said piston,packingcarried by the t ltrcc free edges of the wing, spring-actuatedpackings mounted in the lower casting so as to contact the piston, andmeans for receiving power'lrom the piston and transmitting it to thedesired machinery.

4. In combination with an engine, of a cylinder consisting of the twocastings, side plates secured to said castings, an oscillatingcylindrical piston journaled in the lower casting and the side plates, awing or blade carried by said piston movable in a space of the uppercasting, a wheel carried upon the outer end of the piston, and means forregulating the flow of motive powcrto the cylinder consisting of a valvelocated above the castings, means for sliding said valve from one sideto the other to causethe power to be directed so as to oscillate thepiston, and a series of levers connected to said means and the wheelcarried upon the piston.

In testimony whereof we aflix ottr signatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

CARROLL A. RUOKEL. \VILLIAM POTTS, JR.

\Vitnesses: I

OLIVER A. MORROVV, ISAAC D. VEDDER.

